Tag: West Elementary School
West’s Community Block Party returning for 2nd year
CULLMAN, Ala. - With the success of its 2023 event, the West Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is bringing back the Community Block...
Halloween Learning – Students create candy assembly line at WES
CULLMAN, Ala. -- What better way to learn about Henry Ford’s assembly line than by putting those skills to good use getting things ready...
West Elementary community block party Aug. 31
CULLMAN, Ala. – The West Elementary Parent Teacher Association is closing out the dog days of summer with a ton of fun in the...
Learning never stops: West Elementary hosts summer reading camp
CULLMAN, Ala. - West Elementary School has spent recent weeks hosting its three-week summer reading camp, offering kindergarten to third-grade students a chance to...
East, West Elementary students host art show
CULLMAN, Ala. - Students from East and West Elementary Schools showcased their artistic talents in the “All Creatures Great and Small Art Show” Saturday....
West Elementary hosts Rapid-Deploy Safe Room System demo
CULLMAN, Ala. – KT Security Solutions on Monday hosted a demonstration of its Rapid-Deploy Safe Room System at West Elementary School. The system is...
Put in a token, get a book!
CULLMAN, Ala. - West Elementary School is making it more fun than ever for students to get their hands on a good book, with...
West Elementary hosts packed Veterans Day program
CULLMAN, Ala. – Fifth-grade students at West Elementary presented a Veterans Day program for the community Thursday, Nov. 10.
Fifth-grade teacher Keenan Fowlkes, who is...
Seniors invited to Veterans Day celebration at Active Adult Center
CULLMAN, Ala. – Senior United States military veterans are invited to the Active Adult Center on Wednesday, Nov. 9, from noon-3 p.m. for a...
Every vote counts, even when it’s for cookies
CULLMAN, Ala. - With the real-life midterm elections coming up, second graders at West Elementary School (WES) had a chance to learn about voting...
Cullman’s Hayes 1 of 3 finalists in nationwide organic gardening competition
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman’s Kelly Hayes, a second-grade teacher at West Elementary School and owner of Urban Farm and Forage, is one of three...
To infinity and beyond
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - West Elementary School 6th graders recently visited the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, as part of an annual field...
West Elementary students celebrate healthy eating with strawberries provided by Farm...
CULLMAN, Ala. - Just in time for the Strawberry Festival, the students at West Elementary School were served a special treat during their lunchtime...
‘The Beast Who Came to School’
CULLMAN, Ala. – Cullman student Ronin Peavy is a humble young writer in his second-grade class at West Elementary School. When asked if he...
West Elementary students help spread love of reading with donation to...
CULLMAN, Ala. - West Elementary’s sixth graders on Thursday presented a donation to the Friends of the Public Libraries of Cullman County. Vice President...
WES students learning business, economics with ‘Monopoly Mondays’
CULLMAN, Ala. - There’s a reason Monopoly has remained a mainstay board game since the 1930s — it’s fun, challenging, and includes some valuable...
West Elementary temporarily relocates three classes for mold testing, cleaning
CULLMAN, Ala. - Three West Elementary School classrooms impacted by the potential discovery of mold will be temporarily relocated while the affected areas are...
Preventing the ‘summer slide’
CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman City School students received a reading boost this summer, as West Elementary School hosted its second annual literacy camp in...
‘A sticky situation’
CULLMAN, Ala. - The PTA Spring Fundraiser paid off with a silly surprise for some students at West Elementary School last week. Several students...
Math class heads to the garden at West Elementary
CULLMAN, Ala. - The outdoor classroom at West Elementary already serves as an innovative green space to learn more about nature and science, but...
West Elementary making campus safety upgrades with new security cameras
CULLMAN, Ala. - West Elementary School made some upgrades to its campus safety this month, thanks to grant funds that allowed the Cullman City...
Guardrail installation: ‘It makes it a safer campus for us’
CULLMAN, Ala. – A guardrail was installed this past year along U.S. Highway 278 West down the perimeter of the West Elementary School campus,...
West Elementary enchants with ‘A Christmas Carol’
CULLMAN, Ala. – West Elementary spread the message of kindness and Christmas cheer with its performance of “A Christmas Carol” Tuesday evening. West’s production...
‘Cullman County does an awesome job at taking care of our...
CULLMAN, Ala. – West Elementary held its annual Veterans Day program Friday, featuring the Cullman Police Department Honor Guard, fifth grader Isabella Pipes singing...
A hopping good time
CULLMAN, Ala. - Two over-sized bunnies competed in a “bunny hop” race Thursday morning at West Elementary School (WES). East Elementary School (EES) Principal...
Giving from the Heart
CULLMAN — Cullman Caring for Kids received a huge and most pleasant surprise as trucks and trailers full of canned goods arrived from a...
Patterson: ‘There is no danger to students’
CULLMAN - The Cullman City School Board, in a special-called meeting on Tuesday, declared an "emergency situation" so that Superintendent Dr. Susan Patterson can...
West Elementary’s Shaddix named elementary counselor of the year
ASCA/ACA Elementary School Counselor of the Year Elizabeth Shaddix works at West Elementary School in Cullman. / W.C. Mann
CULLMAN - On Nov. 16, West...